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A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet crashes after shooting down several missiles fired from Russia, killing the pilot.
2024-08-26

The Pentagon announces that Ukraine has received fighter aircraft and aircraft parts to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force. However, the number of aircraft sent or their origin are not disclosed.
2022-04-20

Turkish MoD states that last night 329 Syrian Army troops were "neutralized" and asserts that five helicopters, 23 tanks, 10 armored vehicles, 23 artillery and howitzers, five ammunition trucks, one SA-17 and one SA-22 air defense systems, three ammunition depots, two inventory depots and one headquarters building belonging to Syria's military were destroyed.
2020-02-28

The Syrian government re-opens the Homs–Hama highway after it was closed for seven years.
2018-06-6

Dozens of people are killed in Al-Qusayr, Homs, Syria, as the Syrian Army and Hezbollah bombard the rebel-held town with heavy artillery.
2013-05-25

2011-2012 Syrian uprising: Dozens are killed as the Syrian army bombards the city of Homs with artillery fire. [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-clashes-shelling-kill-dozens-syria-16049400 (ABC News)]date=August 2019
2012-04-1

2011–2012 Syrian uprising: Protests referred to by activists as "The Friday for International Military Intervention" spread from the northern city of Aleppo to the central regions of Hama and Homs, and southern province of Daraa.
2012-03-16

An oil pipeline near the city of Homs is blown up by "saboteurs", according to the state news agency.
2011-07-29

The official death toll since the 2011 Syrian protests is 27 since March 15 with confirmed deaths occurring in the cities of Homs, Sanamen, Daraa and Latakia.
2011-03-26

A North Korean fighter plane crashes in China near the border, killing the pilot and possibly a second pilot bailing out. Pictures posted by local residents show a Soviet plane design which were used in the Korean War. It is suggested to have been a defection attempt.
2010-08-18